M Pavlova
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 66553 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M Pavlova |
| PRENOMES | M |
| SOBRENOME | Pavlova |
| ASSINATURA | PAVLOVA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Maastricht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6082-8446 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 45 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The role of traditional birth attendants and neonatal mortality during armed conflict
Armed conflict in Northern Nigeria has severely weakened health systems, reduced access to skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and increased reliance on traditional birth attendants (TBAs), especially in underserved communities. While TBAs fill critical service gap, concerns remain about their impact on neonatal outcomes. This study examines how conflict exposure influences the use of TBAs and assesses the relationship between TBA-assisted births and…
Evaluating the effect of interactive two-way texting on 6-month antiretroviral therapy outcomes
Retention on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical for achieving viral load suppression (VLS) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Retention remains challenging in high-prevalence settings like Malawi. Short messaging service (SMS) interventions, particularly hybrid two-way texting (2wT), show promise in improving ART retention. We conducted a randomized control trial (RCT) at Lighthouse Trust in Lilongwe, Malawi, to evaluate the effectivenes…
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women regarding breast and cervical cancer screening
In this study, we aimed to understand the factors that influence the use of breast and cervical cancer screening services in India. Purposive sampling was applied - and 64 participants with different characteristics based on their literacy, screening status, and rural or urban setting were classified into eight groups. The Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) framework was used to conduct focus group discussions with each group. Data was anal…
Truck drivers and intermediaries of migration between Central Asia and the EU
Migration from Central Asia to European Union (EU) countries has increased rapidly over the past years. Intermediaries play an important role in this migration. This paper focuses on migrant truck drivers from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in the EU and their experiences with intermediaries, which may be acquaintances willing to help in the search for occupation abroad, organized informal brokers, or licensed agencies. Thematic analysis of 20 intervi…
Pioneering new migration routes
A new stream of migration from Central Asia to countries of the European Union is being spearheaded by workers employed in the truck driving industry. This is part of a trend of increasing diversification of the destinations of migration from Central Asia. This paper examines how drivers exert their agency when choosing between migration destinations. To do so, we interviewed twenty Kyrgyz and Uzbek drivers about the differences they perceived be…
Rural–urban inequalities in health care utilization in Bhutan
While the differences in average contacts with health services are insignificant, there are prominent differences in the level of services availed and the associated inequality among rural and urban settings in Bhutan. Besides, while there are obvious overlaps, factors influencing income-related inequality are not necessarily the same as those driving the utilization gaps. Cognizance of these differences may lead to better informed, targeted, and…
Satisfaction with primary health care in Ukraine in 2016–2020
The aim of this study is to examine the general satisfaction with primary health care services in Ukraine among service users and nonusers before and after the implementation of the capitation reform in 2017-2020. Data from a repeated cross-sectional household survey 'Health Index. Ukraine' in 2016-2020 were used. The survey had a sample size of over 10 000 participants per survey round. Effects were estimated using difference-in-differences meth…
Yemeni refugees’ health literacy and experience with the Dutch healthcare system
Yemeni refugees in our study are well-acquainted with many aspects of Dutch healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion. However, trust in healthcare providers, vaccination literacy and mental health awareness must improve, as also confirmed by other studies. Therefore, it is suggested to ensure appropriate cultural mediation services available for refugees as well as training for healthcare providers focused on understanding cultural di…
Catastrophic health care expenditure and impoverishment in Bhutan
Monitoring financial hardship due to out-of-pocket spending on health care is a critical determinant of progress towards universal health coverage. This study investigates the occurrence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Bhutan using three rounds of the cross-sectional Bhutan Living Standard Surveys carried out in 2007, 2012 and 2017. We use a composite financial hardship measure defined as house…
Barriers to cervical cancer and breast cancer screening uptake in low- and middle-income countries
There is an alarmingly high growth in breast and cervical cancers in low- and middle-income countries. Due to late presentation to doctors, there is a lower cure rate. The screening programmes in low- and middle-income countries are not comprehensive. In this paper, we systematically analyse the barriers to screening through an accessibility framework. We performed a systematic literature search in PubMed, Mendeley and Google Scholar to retrieve …
Effects of parental HIV on children’s education
We investigate mechanisms that influence the effects of parental HIV on the education of children. The study was conducted at Mashambanzou Care Trust in Harare, Zimbabwe. We sampled low-income HIV-positive and HIV-negative mothers who had a total of 71 children in their care. HIV-positive mothers were on treatment and women in the sample had at least one school-going child. We use a framework that describes the channels that influence the direct …
Key Care Provision Aspects That Affect Care Transition in the Long-Term Care Systems
The aim of this brief report is to present the protocol and preliminary findings of a systematic review on key aspects of care provision that affect care transition of older adults 60+ within the long-term care systems. This brief report describes and classifies the relevant literature found in the review with the purpose to provide a base for further full systematic reviews, and to outlines a model of organizational and financing aspects that af…
Socio-Economic Inequalities in Access to Drinking Water among Inhabitants of Informal Settlements in South Africa
While evidence from several developing countries suggests the existence of socio-economic inequalities in the access to safe drinking water, a limited number of studies have been conducted on this topic in informal settlements. This study assessed socio-economic inequalities in the use of drinking water among inhabitants of informal settlements in South Africa. The study used data from "The baseline study for future impact evaluation for informal…
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Obesity in South Africa—A Decomposition Analysis
We recommend policies to focus on promoting a healthy lifestyle, including the individual's perception of a healthy body size and image, especially among women
Coping with cancer in post-communist Europe
In the post-communist countries, limited access to treatment, lack of financial protection mechanisms, lack of information and low quality of health care frequently imposes an enormous burden on family’s well-being when cancer is diagnosed. While many studies have explored barriers to cancer treatment, little attention is paid to the question how patients and their caregivers cope with cancer. In this paper, we systematically review the evidence …
Pharmacists' preferences for the provision of services to improve medication adherence among patients with diabetes in Indonesia
Little is known about pharmacists' preferences for services to improve medication adherence in patients with diabetes in Indonesia. Identification of such preferences can provide valuable insights on suitable services from a pharmacist's perspective. This study elicits pharmacists' preferences for services to improve medication adherence among their patients. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) method was used to survey pharmacists in all communit…
Exploring decision makers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices about decentralisation and health resources transfer to local governments in Burkina Faso
In the health sector, decentralisation mainly consists of the devolution of administrative functions to local governments. Since 2009, Burkina Faso has engaged in a process to transfer health resources to local governments. This study examines the decision-makers' knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about the decentralisation and health resources transfer to local governments in Burkina Faso. We used a qualitative research method. In-depth s…
Inequalities in reproductive health care use in five West-African countries
There is evidence that current policies addressing the cost of maternal care services may increase the wealth-based inequality in maternal care use if socio-demographic differences are not addressed. Public health interventions are needed to target socio-demographic disparities and health facility seeking problems that disadvantage women in poor households
Patterns of access to reproductive health services in Ghana and Nigeria
These differences confirm the importance of a focused context-specific approach towards reproductive health services, particularly to reduce inequality in access resulting from socio-economic status. Interventions should be focused on the categorization of services and population groups into priority classes based on needs assessment. In this way, they can help expand coverage of quality services bottom up to improve access among these vulnerable…
The Effect of an Increase of the Retirement Age on the Health, Well-Being, and Labor Force Participation of Older Workers
To sustain a viable public pension system, many governments have increased the statutory retirement age and delayed the age of entitlement to public pension benefits. This systematic literature review investigates the empirical evidence on the effects of increasing the retirement age on the health, well-being, and labor force participation of older workers. Optimized and broad search queries were used to search for empirical evidence in four data…
The Analysis of Predictors of Retirement Preferences over Time
Due to rapid demographic ageing and to sustain its pension system, the Netherlands recently initiated a pension reform that increased the retirement age, with the intention to increase labour force participation among older workers. However, there is little evidence on the preferences of workers concerning their retirement age, and on how these preferences have changed over time. To identify personal and work-related determinants of the preferenc…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Job Satisfaction During a Recession in the Netherlands
Between 2008 and 2013, the Netherlands was confronted by a severe recession. This recession may have affected the job satisfaction of workers. Currently, little is known about how job satisfaction changes during a recession. To investigate the effect of the 2008-2013 recession on job satisfaction in the Netherlands, and to assess how job satisfaction changed over time. Longitudinal data from six waves of a national panel in the Netherlands are us…
Psychosocial Risk Prevention in a Global Occupational Health Perspective. A Descriptive Analysis
This study aimed to find out which countries around the world require psychosocial hazards and workplace violence to be assessed by employers through a mandatory occupational risk assessment process and to compare the type of legislation between countries. We systematically searched the International Labour Office (ILO) "LEGOSH" database for documents published during the period between December 2017 and February 2018. The search included 132 cou…
Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar
Although the level of catastrophic health care expenditure varies depending on the approach and threshold used, the problem of catastrophic expenditures in Myanmar cannot be denied. The government of Myanmar needs to scale up the current Social Security Scheme (SSS) or establish a new financial protection mechanism for the population. Vulnerable groups, such as households with a household head with a low-level of education, households with childr…
Incidence, socio-economic inequalities and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment for diabetes care in South Africa
Financial protection of diabetic patients in public hospitals is limited. This observation suggests that health financing interventions amongst diabetic patients should target the poor and poor women in particular. There is also a need for targeted interventions to improve access to healthcare facilities for diabetic patients and to reduce the financial impact of transport costs when seeking healthcare. This is particularly important for the achi…
Informal payments for health care services
This paper analyzes patterns of tips, gifts and bribes paid by patients for health care services. Informal payments are more prevalent in developing and transition countries because the economic and socio-cultural environment is more conducive to “gifts”-exchange as a means to maintain the underfunded health care system. Moreover, most Eastern European countries have experienced wider socio-political reforms, which have also affected health care …
The Effect of an Increase of the Retirement Age on the Health, Well-Being, and Labor Force Participation of Older Workers
To sustain a viable public pension system, many governments have increased the statutory retirement age and delayed the age of entitlement to public pension benefits. This systematic literature review investigates the empirical evidence on the effects of increasing the retirement age on the health, well-being, and labor force participation of older workers. Optimized and broad search queries were used to search for empirical evidence in four data…
Informal payments for health care services – Corruption or gratitude? A study on public attitudes, perceptions and opinions in six Central and Eastern European countries
In this study we aim to compare the public perceptions towards informal patient payments in six Central and Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Ukraine). Overall, around 35–60% of the general public in each country has ever made informal payments, though informal cash payments are perceived negatively, mostly as corruption. In-kind gifts are often seen as a token of gratitude. However, significant differe…
Measuring the catastrophic and impoverishing effect of household health care spending in Serbia
A New Perspective on Job Lock
A Longitudinal Analysis of Job Satisfaction During a Recession in the Netherlands
Between 2008 and 2013, the Netherlands was confronted by a severe recession. This recession may have affected the job satisfaction of workers. Currently, little is known about how job satisfaction changes during a recession. To investigate the effect of the 2008-2013 recession on job satisfaction in the Netherlands, and to assess how job satisfaction changed over time. Longitudinal data from six waves of a national panel in the Netherlands are us…
Social participation among older adults (55+)
Social participation may improve the health and well-being of older adults, and may increase the social and human capacity of their communities. This study investigates the level and forms of social participation among older adults (aged 55 years or older) in the region of South Limburg, the Netherlands, and their association with socio-demographic and health-related characteristics. The study provides evidence that can be used by policy makers t…
Patterns of informal patient payments in Bulgaria, Hungary and Ukraine
Informal payments for health care are a well-known phenomenon in many health care systems around the world. While informal payments could be an important source of health care financing, they have an adverse impact on efficiency and access to care, and are a major impediment to ongoing health care reforms. This paper aims to study the scale and patterns of informal patient payments for out-patient and in-patient services in three former-socialist…
Is there a place for the patient in the Ukrainian health care system? Patient payment policies and investment priorities in health care in Ukraine
The principle of free-of-charge health care services is written in the Ukrainian Constitution. However, the state fails to implement this principle in practice. Our analysis confirms that in spite of the proclaimed free-of-charge health care services, many Ukrainian patients pay for health care services and these payments are considerable. As much as 57% and 73% of patients using out-patient and in-patient services respectively reported having sp…
Pharmacists' preferences for the provision of services to improve medication adherence among patients with diabetes in Indonesia
Little is known about pharmacists' preferences for services to improve medication adherence in patients with diabetes in Indonesia. Identification of such preferences can provide valuable insights on suitable services from a pharmacist's perspective. This study elicits pharmacists' preferences for services to improve medication adherence among their patients. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) method was used to survey pharmacists in all communit…
The Analysis of Predictors of Retirement Preferences over Time
Due to rapid demographic ageing and to sustain its pension system, the Netherlands recently initiated a pension reform that increased the retirement age, with the intention to increase labour force participation among older workers. However, there is little evidence on the preferences of workers concerning their retirement age, and on how these preferences have changed over time. To identify personal and work-related determinants of the preferenc…
Willingness to pay for publicly financed health care services in Central and Eastern Europe
Patient payments and the empirical analysis of consumer demand for hospital services
The implementation or amendment of patient charges in a country could benefit from preliminary analyses of their potential effects on health care demand. This paper focuses on hospital care. The paper aims to identify strategies for the empirical analysis of the demand for hospital services that are useful for the assessment of patient charges in the hospital sector, and to compare these strategies using empirical data for Bulgaria. The data were…
Changes in Equity in Out-of-pocket Payments during the Period of Health Care Reforms
More attention should be paid on the protection of low-income social groups when increasing or introducing co-payments especially for pharmaceuticals but also for services. Also, it is important to eliminate the practice of informal payments in order to improve equity in health care financing
Is there a place for the patient in the Ukrainian health care system? Patient payment policies and investment priorities in health care in Ukraine
The principle of free-of-charge health care services is written in the Ukrainian Constitution. However, the state fails to implement this principle in practice. Our analysis confirms that in spite of the proclaimed free-of-charge health care services, many Ukrainian patients pay for health care services and these payments are considerable. As much as 57% and 73% of patients using out-patient and in-patient services respectively reported having sp…
Willingness to pay for physician services
Discrete choice experiments (DCE) and contingent valuation (CV) are often applied to value health care benefits. However, whether the two techniques yield converging willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates is not studied well. This study aims to compare at a disaggregated level WTP estimates for physician services obtained from DCE and CV estimates. We study the consistency between the estimates and whether there are systematic differences between the…
Towards a more comprehensive view on patient payments in Lithuania
Patient payments have not been studied systematically in Lithuania. This limits the use of empirical evidence in policy making. More systematic and detailed evidence on the patient payments phenomena in Lithuania are needed to clarify who is seeking and paying for health care services, why, and how. This paper presents the main findings from a quantitative representative population survey on patient payments in Lithuania. The study results confir…
Patient payments and the empirical analysis of consumer demand for hospital services
The implementation or amendment of patient charges in a country could benefit from preliminary analyses of their potential effects on health care demand. This paper focuses on hospital care. The paper aims to identify strategies for the empirical analysis of the demand for hospital services that are useful for the assessment of patient charges in the hospital sector, and to compare these strategies using empirical data for Bulgaria. The data were…
Informal payments for health care services – Corruption or gratitude? A study on public attitudes, perceptions and opinions in six Central and Eastern European countries
In this study we aim to compare the public perceptions towards informal patient payments in six Central and Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Ukraine). Overall, around 35–60% of the general public in each country has ever made informal payments, though informal cash payments are perceived negatively, mostly as corruption. In-kind gifts are often seen as a token of gratitude. However, significant differe…
Measuring the catastrophic and impoverishing effect of household health care spending in Serbia
A New Perspective on Job Lock
Willingness to pay for publicly financed health care services in Central and Eastern Europe
Informal payments for health care services
This paper analyzes patterns of tips, gifts and bribes paid by patients for health care services. Informal payments are more prevalent in developing and transition countries because the economic and socio-cultural environment is more conducive to “gifts”-exchange as a means to maintain the underfunded health care system. Moreover, most Eastern European countries have experienced wider socio-political reforms, which have also affected health care …
Towards a stakeholders' consensus on patient payment policy
BACKGROUND: Although patient charges for health-care services may contribute to a more sustainable health-care financing, they often raise public opposition, which impedes their introduction. Thus, a consensus among the main stakeholders on the presence and role of patient charges should be worked out to assure their successful implementation. AIM: To analyse the acceptability of formal patient charges for health-care services in a basic package …
To pay or not to pay? A multicountry study on informal payments for health‐care services and consumers’ perceptions
BACKGROUND: Although the literature offers various theoretical explanations for the existence of informal patient payments, empirical research has mostly focused on socio-demographic features as determinants of these payments. The role of health-care users' perceptions on informal payments are rarely taken into account especially in multicountry surveys. OBJECTIVE: Our aim is to examine the association between informal payments for health-care se…
Economic assessment of US physician participation in short-term medical missions
BACKGROUND: Short term medical missions (STMMs) are a form of unregulated and unsanctioned, grass roots, direct medical service aid from wealthier countries to low and middle income countries. The US leads the world in STMM activity. The magnitude of monetary and man power inputs towards STMMs is not clear. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of physician participation in STMMs from the US and the related expenditures of cas…
Patterns of informal patient payments in Bulgaria, Hungary and Ukraine
Informal payments for health care are a well-known phenomenon in many health care systems around the world. While informal payments could be an important source of health care financing, they have an adverse impact on efficiency and access to care, and are a major impediment to ongoing health care reforms. This paper aims to study the scale and patterns of informal patient payments for out-patient and in-patient services in three former-socialist…
Utilization of health care services by migrants in Europe—a systematic literature review
The extent and determinants of diabetes and cardiovascular disease comorbidity in South Africa – results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Sanhanes-1)
The study provides insight into the factors associated with cardiovascular disease comorbidity in diabetic individuals. The findings indicate that there are differences in the factors associated with diabetes and those associated with diabetes - cardiovascular disease comorbidity. This provides information, which can be used to design programmes that encourage healthy lifestyles in people living with diabetes
Barriers to accessing adequate maternal care in Central and Eastern European countries
Municipal health services provision by local governments
Social participation among older adults (55+)
Social participation may improve the health and well-being of older adults, and may increase the social and human capacity of their communities. This study investigates the level and forms of social participation among older adults (aged 55 years or older) in the region of South Limburg, the Netherlands, and their association with socio-demographic and health-related characteristics. The study provides evidence that can be used by policy makers t…
Study design and the estimation of the size of key populations at risk of HIV
BACKGROUND: Estimation of the size of populations at risk of HIV is a key activity in the surveillance of the HIV epidemic. The existing framework for considering future research needs may provide decision-makers with a basis for a fair process of deciding on the methods of the estimation of the size of key populations at risk of HIV. This study explores the extent to which stakeholders involved with population size estimation agree with this fra…
Psychosocial Risk Prevention in a Global Occupational Health Perspective. A Descriptive Analysis
This study aimed to find out which countries around the world require psychosocial hazards and workplace violence to be assessed by employers through a mandatory occupational risk assessment process and to compare the type of legislation between countries. We systematically searched the International Labour Office (ILO) "LEGOSH" database for documents published during the period between December 2017 and February 2018. The search included 132 cou…
Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar
Although the level of catastrophic health care expenditure varies depending on the approach and threshold used, the problem of catastrophic expenditures in Myanmar cannot be denied. The government of Myanmar needs to scale up the current Social Security Scheme (SSS) or establish a new financial protection mechanism for the population. Vulnerable groups, such as households with a household head with a low-level of education, households with childr…
Incidence, socio-economic inequalities and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment for diabetes care in South Africa
Financial protection of diabetic patients in public hospitals is limited. This observation suggests that health financing interventions amongst diabetic patients should target the poor and poor women in particular. There is also a need for targeted interventions to improve access to healthcare facilities for diabetic patients and to reduce the financial impact of transport costs when seeking healthcare. This is particularly important for the achi…
Exploring decision makers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices about decentralisation and health resources transfer to local governments in Burkina Faso
In the health sector, decentralisation mainly consists of the devolution of administrative functions to local governments. Since 2009, Burkina Faso has engaged in a process to transfer health resources to local governments. This study examines the decision-makers' knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about the decentralisation and health resources transfer to local governments in Burkina Faso. We used a qualitative research method. In-depth s…
Inequalities in reproductive health care use in five West-African countries
There is evidence that current policies addressing the cost of maternal care services may increase the wealth-based inequality in maternal care use if socio-demographic differences are not addressed. Public health interventions are needed to target socio-demographic disparities and health facility seeking problems that disadvantage women in poor households
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